SHELL CLAIR UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£532M
-1.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£44M
+32.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SHELL CLAIR UK LIMITED 2010-10-11 → present
- CLAIR UK LIMITED 2009-12-18 → 2010-10-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £151,960,000 | £113,180,000 | |
| Operating profit | £28,742,000 | £33,858,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £33,607,000 | £44,390,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,585,000 | -£8,066,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £671,188,000 | £692,079,000 | |
| Net assets | £540,394,000 | £532,328,000 | |
| Equity | £540,394,000 | £532,328,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 29.9% | |
| Net margin | -4.3% | -7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.9% | 34.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.91x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | 11.86x | 20.26x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern basis as the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to meet its financial commitments over the going concern period to 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “On December 5, 2024, Shell and Equinor ASA, announced the combination of their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea's biggest independent producer.”
- “Assets of £400,307 thousands and associated liabilities of £159,751 thousands have been classified as held for sale in the balance sheet at 31 December 2024. Completion of the transaction remains subject to approvals and is expected by the end of 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PECTEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-01 | — | — |
| BURDGE, Huw Edward James | Director | 2022-01-11 | Jun 1987 | British |
| CHOPRA, Avinash | Director | 2025-12-01 | Aug 1989 | Indian |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARWOOD, Roger Morris | Secretary | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-09-29 | 2022-11-01 |
| ARCHIBALD, Gary James | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2021-12-24 |
| BROCKLEBANK, Andrew Edward | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| CAREY, Brendan John, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| CHAUHAN, Aman | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2025-02-06 |
| COLE, Ian David, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| DIBUA, Egbeazien Philippa Cornelia | Director | 2024-06-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| EDWARDS, Martin George | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| EIDE, Marianne Wold | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2021-05-31 |
| GIBBONS, Alan Stuart | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-09-29 |
| GORDON, Jonathan Stuart | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2013-12-31 |
| HADFIELD, John Paul Simeon | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2017-01-09 |
| HAND, Austin Francis | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2015-02-28 |
| HARWOOD, Roger Morris, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| HEMPHILL, Lesley Anne, Ms. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| JAIN, Saurabh | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| JONES, Howard Edwin Lotgering | Director | 2018-05-28 | 2021-09-30 |
| KEMSHELL, David Michael | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| KLAP, Frits Michiel Alexander | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2017-12-31 |
| MAXWELL, Robert James | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-01-10 |
| OUELLETTE, Shannon Lorraine | Director | 2018-02-12 | 2020-03-31 |
| SMART, Erica Jane | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2024-06-01 |
| SPROUSE, Rolynda Ann | Director | 2014-02-17 | 2016-10-31 |
| VAN BUNNIK, Johannes Simon Maria | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-04-16 |
| VASEY, Bethan Sara | Director | 2025-02-06 | 2025-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell North Sea Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Enterprise Oil Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Enterprise Oil Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-25.5%
£151,960,000 £113,180,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£540,394,000 £532,328,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+17.8%
£28,742,000 £33,858,000
-
Profit before tax
+32.1%
£33,607,000 £44,390,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers